Shoe-polish



JOHN A. REID, OF GULFPOBT, MISSISSIPPI.

SHOE-POLISH.

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. light colored canvas, cloth, or leather.

It is the object of this invention to provide a material in powder formto be applied to soiled light colored shoes of fabric or leather for thepurpose of cleaning or applying a coating of the material and therebycausing the shoes to assume their original color.

The advantages of this polish or material are that shoes of white, PalmBeach color, or gray color which quickly become soiled are readilycleaned or brought back to their original color by an application ofthis powder. The powder is dry and there is no loss to the user byevaporation as in liquid preparations of this character, and as thepowder is applied drythere is no necessity of addition of water or otherliquid which may not always be at hand, and there is no danger ofdiscoloring other articles by accident when cleaning or recoloring theshoes as the powder may be brushed off at once.

It is preferable to place the powder in fabric bags of such texture thatthe powder may readily pass therethrough so that it may be readilyapplied by rubbing the shoes briskly with the bag. The fabric of the bagremoves dirt attached to the shoe and the Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 18, 1915.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

Serial No. 34,871.

powder passing through the fabric of the blag forms a coating over thesurface of the s 0e.

The following ingredients combined in the following amounts will produceenough powder to fill a gross of bags for cleaning or recoloring whiteshoes. Spanishwhiting, 7.5 pounds, oxid of zinc, 2.5 pounds, pumicestone, 1.5 pounds, granulated sugar, 1.5 pounds, flour, 3 pounds.

In preparing the powder for use upon Palm Beach shoes 1.6 pounds ofyellow ocher is added to the white material and for gray shoes 1.6pounds of lamp black is added to the white material.

During the use of the bag the grains of the granulated sugar rub againsteach other and the other ingredients which rubs off some of the sugar inpowder form and imparts a suflicient amount of the sugar to the otheringredients to perform its function. Powdered sugar may be used in thefirst place, if desired.

What I claim is 1. A shoe cleaning or recoloring powder comprisingSpanish whiting 7.5 pounds, oxid of zinc 2.5 pounds, pumice stone 1.5pounds, sugar 1.5 pounds, flour 3 pounds.

2. A shoe cleaning or recoloring powder comprising Spanish whiting 7.5pounds, oxid of zinc 2.5 pounds, pumice stone 1.5 pounds,

sugar 1.5 pounds, flour 3 pounds, and coloring matter 1.6 pounds.

JNO. A. REID.

C. L. WALLER.

